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Severn Valley Railway
Heritage railway · Kidderminster · Worcestershire

Severn Valley Railway

Severn Valley Railway is a heritage railway you can visit in Kidderminster. Around it, within 5 km, are 9 more places on our list. Add Hartlebury Castle, 5 km away, to a visit.

Photo: Severn Valley Railway, Duncan Harris (CC BY 2.0)
Where
In Kidderminster
inside the built-up area
How well known
Top 11%
#922 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
May–Sep
highs of 17–22°C
In brief

Heritage railway in Kidderminster

Inside Kidderminster

Severn Valley Railway is inside Kidderminster’s built-up area, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

Warmest in Kidderminster are May to September, at 17–22°C.

Jan8° / 2°59 mm
Feb8° / 2°45 mm
Mar11° / 3°45 mm
Apr14° / 5°50 mm
May17° / 7°54 mm
Jun20° / 10°61 mm
Jul22° / 12°58 mm
Aug22° / 12°65 mm
Sep19° / 10°56 mm
Oct15° / 7°74 mm
Nov11° / 4°73 mm
Dec8° / 2°73 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Kidderminster, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Kidderminster. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Kidderminster’s full climate →
About

Severn Valley Railway

8 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Type
Heritage railway
Wikipedias
Covered in 8 languages
Town
in Kidderminster
Official site
svr.co.uk
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Where to find Severn Valley Railway

The numbers show what else is near Severn Valley Railway, in the order listed below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Kidderminster’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Severn Valley Railway

Kidderminster tops the 8 for size, at 57,567 people. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

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  1. 1Kidderminster
  2. 2Summerfield
  3. 3Wolverley
  4. 4Cookley
  5. 5Stourport-on-Severn
  6. 6Bewdley
  7. 7Blakedown
  8. 8Waresley
1 · It’s in town

Kidderminster

57,567 people · 19 places to visit

2 · 2.3 km south of it

Summerfield

262 people · 16 places to visit

3 · 2.9 km northwest of it

Wolverley

1,208 people · 12 places to visit

4 · 3.3 km north of it

Cookley

1,971 people · 7 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns
TownWhere Severn Valley Railway isPeoplePlaces to visit
KidderminsterIt’s in town57,56719
Summerfield2.3 km south of it26216
Wolverley2.9 km northwest of it1,20812
Cookley3.3 km north of it1,9717
Stourport-on-Severn3.6 km southwest of it20,30215
Bewdley3.8 km west of it8,28514
Blakedown3.9 km northeast of it1,4486
Waresley5 km south of it1,5269
Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

Our list has 37 more within 15 km, among them 3 historic houses, 2 museums and a castle.

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Severn Valley Railway, answered

Where is Severn Valley Railway?

Severn Valley Railway is in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Severn Valley Railway?

Heritage railway in England.

When is the best time to visit Severn Valley Railway?

May to September are the warmest months in Kidderminster, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Severn Valley Railway?

Within 15 km: Hartlebury Castle (5 km), West Midland Safari Park (3.4 km), Harvington Hall (4.4 km) and Museum of Carpet (400 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (7)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.